Trader Joe’s Peanut Flour. I first saw this product on the shelves at my local Trader Joe’s a couple of months back. I picked it up and there was a little note on the shelf suggesting to replace the flour in chocolate chip cookies with peanut flour. Easy enough!
What I found when I made cookies using peanut flour is that the cookies do not flatten out, so I ended up with a batch of cookies in the exact shape that I had formed them in.
No biggie, they tasted great, so I decided to make a “cookie cake” out of the cookie dough. My son took it a step further and cut 2 pie slice pieces of the cookie cake and placed some vanilla ice cream between them for an ice cream sandwich.
Great minds work great together!
Chocolate Chip Cookies with Peanut Flour Recipe
Ingredients:
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 sticks of butter (1 cup), softened
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp. Vanilla
- 2 ¼ cup Trader Joe’s Peanut Flour
- 2 tsp. Xanthan gum
- 1 tsp. Baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 package of semi-sweet chocolate chips
Method:
- Cream butter, sugar, vanilla & egg together until fluffy.
- Stir in dry ingredients until well combined & then add chocolate chips.
- Spray pans with Pam or another cooking spray. Press dough into 2 pie pans or pan of choice.
- Bake for 15- 20 minutes at 350 or until done. Stick a toothpick in the middle and it should come out mostly clean.
- Cool completely. Slice into pieces. Top with ice cream & another piece or enjoy a la mode.
If you choose to make cookies out of this, consider shaping the dough into the shape you would like it to be in before baking. I found that this dough worked best as a cookie cake as opposed to a cookie itself. The flavor is slightly different from the traditional chocolate chip cookies – it has a hint of peanut taste, making it like a peanut butter chocolate chip cookie.
Have you tried baking with peanut flour? If so, what did you make and what were your thoughts?
I’ve never had any need to use peanut flour but your recipe certainly peaks my level of interest as well as my kids saying Mom…you have to make those chocolate chip ice cream sandwiches!
Angie 🙂
LOL! While I haven’t tried the recipe with regular gluten-free flour, it would probably work if you pat the dough into a pan the same way.
Kim
Better stock up quickly! I had just discovered the TJ’s peanut flour when they told me they are discontinuing it. A friend bought 4 bags for me when she found it at a different TJ’s. Yummy cookies!
Oh no!!! 🙁 I will make sure to check that out next time I go.